this is my first fanfic :) i would love it if you guys could read it and leave reviews on if i should continue it :) (i changed the format so hopefully its easier to read :) )) i would really appreciate if you guys didn't steal my work :)
"Tony?! Tony where are you?!" Pepper yelled.
"I'm in the lab," replied Tony, "why?!"
"I was trying to move the table downstairs but I lost my footing and fell." Pepper yelled back. Tony dashed upstairs. "Be careful Tony," Pepper said, "there's a lot of glass…"
"Okay Pepper," Tony said trying to sound calm. He couldn't help but feel dizzy looking at Pepper's leg which was bent 90 degrees farther to the side than it should be and was covered in blood from the shards of glass stuck deep in her leg. "I'm going to try to get the glass out of your leg." He grabbed a pair of needle nose pliers and dug the glass out of Pepper's leg. She occasionally had to stifle a scream when Tony dug out the big pieces. "I have to get you to a hospital," Tony said, "This is one thing that I can't fix on my own."
"Oh Tony," Pepper begged, "Can't you call Fury or Bruce? They can fix my leg right? Oh! I hate going to hospitals."
"I suppose I could call Banner but he might not be able to help." Tony replied. He picked Pepper up and, being careful not to hit anything, laid her on the couch. "I'm going to go call Banner and also get you some ice," Tony said, "you just stay here and try to relax I'll be right back."He picked up the phone and searched the caller ID for Bruce Banner. The phone rang for what seemed like forever considering the circumstances.
"Hello?"
"Hey Bruce! It's Tony, listen I need your help."
"Sure, what's up?" replied Bruce.
"Its Pepper… she fell down the stairs and her leg is bent about 90 degrees farther than it should be. She doesn't want to go to a hospital so I thought maybe you could help."
"Well I wont know how much I will be able to do until I see her, but I'll do what I can," Bruce said, I'll be there in half an hour."
"Thank you so much, Bruce!" replied Tony. He then went to the kitchen, grabbed some ice from the freezer and rushed back to where Pepper was laying on the couch. "I got you some ice," Tony said, "Banner should be here in half an hour."
"Thanks babe." Replied Pepper.
*knock* *knock* "Bruce!" Tony said exasperated, "Thanks for coming so quickly!"
"No problem," Bruce replied, "So where's Pepper?"
"She's on the couch in a lot of pain" Tony said with a worried look on his face. They walked over to the couch.
"Hi Pepper." Bruce said smiling.
"Bruce!" Pepper replied, trying to sound upbeat, "I'm so glad you're here." Bruce looked at her leg which was swollen and very bruised. It was also bloody from the glass.
"Hmmm… Tony I'm going to need your help, okay?"
"Of course," Tony said, "just tell me what to do."
"What I need you to do is very simple," Bruce replied, "just sit by Pepper and if she starts to move while I am moving her leg back into place then you have to hold her down."
"Um… Okay" said Tony hesitantly. He sat down next to Pepper and waited for further instructions.
"Alright guys, here's what's going to happen," Bruce explained, "On go I'm going to move Pepper's leg until we hear a pop. Tony you know what to do. Also I need you to hand me those wooden boards when I ask for them. I will then put the boards on both sides of your leg, Pepper. Those will hold your leg in place until Tony can build a metal cast. Also, one last thing… Pepper, this is probably going to hurt so be prepared… Okay 1… 2… 3… go"
Right away, Pepper screamed out in pain. "OWWW! Tony!"
"I'm right here Pep, I'm right here." Tony said soothingly. They all heard the distinct pop of Pepper's leg.
"Good," said Bruce, "Hand me the boards, Tony." Tony stood up, grabbed the boards, handed them to Bruce, and went back to sit next to Pepper. Bruce took the boards and laid one on each side of Pepper's leg. Then he took ropes and tied them around Pepper's leg and the boards. Pepper winced every time Bruce tightened a knot. Together he and Tony carried Pepper upstairs to her bed.
"Okay Pep, Banner and I are going to leave so you can get some rest. We'll be downstairs if you need anything.
"So now what?" Tony asked Bruce as they headed downstairs.
"Now," Bruce replied, "We work on the cast until we have to leave."
"Wait! Leave? What do you mean?" Tony questioned.
"Fury wants us to help him with something. I don't know details. All I know is that he wants us to be at SHIELD headquarters by tomorrow morning." Replied Bruce.
"But what about Pepper?!" Tony yelled, "She can't get up to do anything!"
"Tony, calm down," Bruce said, "Why don't you just call Fury? He might be understanding."
"Fury being understanding?! Yeah right!" yelled Tony.
"Well it's worth a shot" Said Bruce calmly.
"I guess" said Tony irritated. He picked up the phone and dialed Fury's number. "Fury?" Tony asked.
"Stark! Did you get the message from Banner?" Fury replied.
"Um… yeah… about that…" Tony stuttered, "Um… well… Pepper kind of tripped while going down the stairs and her leg was bent at an odd angle and there were shards of glass in her leg and everywhere on the ground."
"That sounds terrible," Said Fury, "But I still need you to come. This is more important."
"Nothing is more important to me than Pepper," replied Tony, "I need to stay here to take care of her."
"I'll give you one extra day… But you better be here then." Fury said and hung up.
"Well?" Bruce asked, "What did he say?"
"He gave me an extra day and said that this was more important than me staying home to take care of Pepper." Tony replied, "So… what exactly are we making for Pepper?"
"We are making a high-tech cast. We need two metal pieces that will snap into place around her leg. It needs to be padded and have some sort of system that will ice her leg when needed." Bruce explained.
"Okay, let's get started." Tony said. He grabbed two metal pieces and began to form them into the two pieces for the cast. Bruce started on assembling the cooling system that would run through the padding attached to the metal pieces. When they had finished they put the pieces together and carried it upstairs to Pepper. Tony gently lifted Pepper's leg while Bruce slid the bottom piece of the cast under it. Tony carefully laid Pepper's leg in the cast and cautiously snapped the top piece on.
"It's a little tight." Pepper said.
"That's because your leg is swollen," Bruce explained, "Push that button."
"Oh my god its cold!" Pepper said.
"Yes Pepper it is cold." Tony said in a condescending way.
"Shut up Tony," Pepper replied, "I mean it's REALLY cold."
"You can adjust the setting with that dial." Bruce said laughing.
"Okay thanks guys" Pepper said.
"Well I should probably get going," Bruce said, "I hope you feel better Pepper."
"Thanks again Bruce!" Pepper said.
"No problem," he said, "I'll see you soon Tony."
"Uh… yeah." Tony said.
After Banner had left, Pepper asked tony "what did Bruce mean when he said that he'd see you later?"
"Oh um yea well… Fury needs us to come in to do something... I don't know what yet," Tony replied, "I told him that I needed to stay here to take care of you but he only gave me and extra day before I have to be at Headquarters. I'm sorry Pep."
"It's ok babe, I understand," Pepper replied, "I mean you're Iron Man, I can't have you all to myself."
"I wish you could." Tony said as he carefully crawled into bed next to Pepper and they both fell asleep.
The next morning Pepper woke up to the smell of Pancakes and bacon. "Tony, are you cooking?!" Pepper yelled down the stairs.
"I guess you could say that," Tony yelled back, "JARVIS is controlling the heat and time."
"Well it smells delicious," Pepper said, "I'll be right down."
"No you won't," Tony argued, "I'll bring breakfast to you."
"You spoil me, Tony." Pepper laughed. He brought a plate of buttermilk pancakes and bacon up to Pepper.
"I'll be downstairs," Tony said, "if you need anything just call." Pepper was enjoying her breakfast while watching TV when she heard a noise downstairs.
"Tony? Are you vacuuming?" Pepper asked.
"Yeah," Tony responded, "I want to get as much done as possible before I have to leave."
"Well I want you to come up here and lay with me," Pepper said smiling to herself, "I want to be with you as much as possible before you have to leave."
"That sounds better than cleaning." Tony said chuckling. Pepper heard footsteps going upstairs and smiled. "Hey Pep." Tony said sweetly as he layed down next to her.
"Hi Tony." Pepper said as she moved towards him and layed her head on his chest. Tony enveloped Pepper in his arms and kissed her head.
"I wish I could stay." Tony whispered softly in Peppers ear.
"I wish you could too," Pepper whispered back, "but you have work to do for SHIELD. Don't worry I'll be fine."
"I know Pep," Tony said, "I know." Pepper yawned and moved in closer to him."You tired?" he asked her.
"Yeah a little." Pepper answered and yawned again.
"Then go to sleep, love." Tony said smiling. He pulled her close and ran his fingers through her hair as she fell asleep.
When Pepper woke up, she found a note lying next to her. She picked it up and read it aloud. "Good morning Pepper. I hope you slept well. I will call you when I can. Love, Tony." Just then the phone rang.
"Hello?" Pepper asked. "Hey Pep!" Tony replied, "How did you sleep?"
"Great knowing that I was safe in your arms," Pepper answered, "I miss you already Tony."
"I miss you too Pepper," he said, "More than you can imagine."
"You won't be gone too long will you?" Pepper asked.
"I'm hoping that I won't be gone for more than a week." Tony said. In the background Pepper could hear Fury yelling "Stark! Suit Up!"
"Tony you should probably go." Pepper told him.
"I guess," He said, "I'll call you as soon as we get back." Pepper sighed as Tony hung up.
"He's going to be ok," Pepper told herself, "I know he will be."
Meanwhile, Tony was suiting up at SHIELD Headquarters. "Stark!" Fury yelled, "Are you ready yet? We have to go!"
"I just got off the phone with Pepper!" Tony yelled back, "Wait... I have an idea… how about you and I switch places... you suit up while I stand around yelling at everybody!"
"Tony calm down," Bruce said, "we are all very stressed but we need to work together." Tony turned swiftly on his feet to look at Bruce.
"Banner's right," Fury said, "we can't waste time like we did with Loki and the Tesseract."
"Fine but will you at least tell us what we are facing?" Tony asked.
"We are going up against some sort of robot or droid…" Fury answered, "That's why I called you, Tony, you've gone up against stuff like this before. Banner is only here in case we need him…" Fury glanced at Bruce and then continued talking, "there will also probably be guys on the ground. Agent Romanoff should be able to take care of them but if not, we have Agent Barton on the rooftops."
"What about Steve?" Tony asked, "Did you let him stay home?" he glared at Fury.
"No Stark!" Fury barked at him, "I sent Rogers on a different mission."
"Yes," Tony said sarcastically, "because Captain Spangles can handle his own mission."
"Um... guys?" Bruce interrupted, "aren't we supposed to be going?"
"Right," Fury said, "let's go." They all hopped on the plane.
"So where are we headed?" Tony asked.
"Vancouver, Canada," Fury replied, "That's where the robots and droids are headed as of now."
"What do you mean as of now?" Tony asked.
"I mean they could change direction at any time." Fury said.
"If they could change direction at any given moment," Tony asked, "then why aren't we tracking them?"
"Stark!" Fury yelled at him, "don't you think that if there was a way to track them I would have thought of it?!"
"No! I don't! You never think beyond the tactics of war! We could have outsmarted the people controlling the robots and droids!" Tony yelled.
"Guys!" Bruce screamed, "We need to focus on the task at hand! Like Fury said, we can't waste time… especially fighting!" all eyes moved to look at Bruce with concern.
"Geez Banner," Tony said, "calm down."
"I am calm!" Bruce screamed.
"Bruce…" Natasha put her hand on his shoulder and looked at him, "please stay calm…" Bruce stood up, walked away, and sat down by himself.
"Um… alright then," Fury said, "we're almost there so… suit up."
Back at Stark Tower, Pepper was managing getting around. "JARVIS?" Pepper asked, "Is there any way to track where Tony is and what is happening?"
"Well... um... yes." JARVIS replied, "But I don't think that's a very good Idea."
"Why not," Pepper asked. "Well it will probably just worry you more." JARVIS replied.
"I guess you're right," Pepper said, "I just wish I knew where he was going."
"Don't worry, Pepper, he will be fine," JARVIS stated, "Besides, you need to focus on feeling better."
"I know," Pepper said, "But I'm just really worried about Tony." She slowly got out of bed and limped over to the stairs. "Great," Pepper said sarcastically, "stairs." She hobbled down the stairs but about half way, her foot got caught on a stair and she tumbled head first down the rest of the way. She landed with a thud. "oww." Pepper groaned.